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Enrollment Limit:

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Days and Times:

Th 5:45-7:45p

Proposed Dates (mini-courses only):

Enrollment Limit:

22 (16 J.D. students, 6 LL.M. students)

Final Course Requirement:

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Home Program

J.D.

Is Crosslisted:

Yes

Course Type

Seminar

Course Credits

3

Practicum Type

None

Course Description:

This seminar explores several significant legal and policy concerns raised by the conduct of foreign intelligence activities. We will consider the disclosures of Edward Snowden and their impact on the balancing of national security and privacy, the congressional authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and the operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. We will review the role of Congress and the executive branch in intelligence oversight. We will consider the investigation and prosecution of espionage, using the Aldrich Ames and other recent cases as examples, including the Classified Information Procedures Act and the state secrets privilege. We will examine the authority for, and controls on, covert action and its role in the conduct of foreign policy, and compare the role of military special operations. We will use one class to examine the Law of Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law. And we will discuss the problems of cyber-security with a senior corporate officer from a major military industrial company. The class will be structured as an ongoing conversation on these and related topics.

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